Between Mare Insularum and Mare Cognitum

This interesting region of the Moon is west of Fra Mauro and south of crater Lansberg.
The region was considered to be of great interest in the 1960’s which is why three space crafts landed here: Surveyor 3, Apollo 12 and Apollo 14. The region I sketched is south and west of all three.
My attention was captured by sunlight reflecting across all the peaks of the Riphaeus mountains on the terminator and the fine dome number 447 on Charles A. Kapral’s Lunar Dome Chart marked and visible at the upper left of the sketch.

Frank, you do a marvelous job of capturing the 3-D effect of the topography as it's influenced by the oblique angle of sunlight. BTW, I love the scattering of bright peaks that are peeking out of the shadows in the lower right of the frame. That is what typically catches my eye when scanning for subjects on the lunar surface.

Frank, you always capture the moon well. The moon is quite beautiful, and you bring it home.

Last night, my family and I were observing the moon. There was a lot to capture our attention, too. Girlfriend's sister just would not back away from the eyepiece. That's okay, she was enjoying it. She had never seen the moon in such a way.

In fact, neither have I, really. Thought I saw some brown hue in Mare Imbrium.

Thank you for the nice words guys. There are many great features to view on the Moon. I did observe other targets that night including Jupiter and the comet passing through Ursa Major (Linear 2012/KS). A clear night is a good night.

Thanks you all. Sunday night was our last clear night and it was not too, too cold for sketching but below about -7 degrees C, I don't even try sketching anymore or else it looks like a sketch by an angry frozen person. :dob:

Thank you. I find it a fascinating target. I do like observing and even sketching the deep sky but when you live close to a major urban area moonless clear nights have other lights blocking the view.Clear skies to you.